Inside Energy

The Department of Interior officially re-opened the 2015 sage grouse management plans last month. They took over a decade of compromise and negotiation to put together, with Wyoming as leader. Many people involved in the process are nervous that the current administration could damage the integrity of the plans, while others see it as an opportunity to make needed improvements.

Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports on the struggle between two priorities in Colorado: energy development and housing development. She takes us to the Front Range, where drilling rigs and subdivisions are both going up, in towns north of Denver. At the intersection of the these two types of development are serious concerns about health and safety. The following story first appeared as an episode of the podcast Trump on Earth.

The Bakken Gears Up For Its Second Decade by Inside Energy

If Ryan Zinke is modeling himself after the Conservationist President, Teddy Roosevelt, then why is he making headlines for rolling back land protections? There's more of an answer there than you might think.

This half-hour Inside Energy special is hosted by Leigh Paterson and reported by Dan Boyce

Oil Patch Growth Creates A Funding Nightmare by Inside Energy

Wyoming has the sixth highest wind capacity potential in the country, but it sits at 15th in actual production. With new transmission lines and soon-to-end federal subsidies, now could be the time for Wyoming to take a leap forward in wind investment. But several barriers block the western state’s way from becoming a leader in this renewable energy.

The oil & gas industry is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into local politics in a Denver suburb, fighting a measure that could give the town more control over drilling. This ballot question is part of a much larger fight over health, safety, policy, and state law that's playing out in towns across northern Colorado as oil and gas development moves in. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.

The Department of the Interior is outlining potential steps aimed at increasing energy production on federal lands.

Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, says boosting production of resources like oil and gas creates jobs and enhances the nation’s energy security. It’s another pro-industry headline for a Secretary touting himself as not only an avid outdoorsman, but a follower of the conservation ideals of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

Inside Energy’s Dan Boyce looks at how their philosophies stack up.

Big Solar Projects Fear Looming Tariff by Inside Energy

When a coal company wants to dig on federal land, the Bureau of Land Management figures out an environmental impact statement for them. They look at how exactly the new development will affect the environment. But not until recently did these documents start to include how they might affect climate change. A federal appellate court is moving the US a step closer to figuring that out.